Cotton picking sack



April 3, 1934. R. E. STEWART COTTON PICKING SACK Original Filed Dec. 11, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor war? E a/5d rzzsie By QM 40164121.

Attorney April 3, 1934. R. E. STEWART COTTON PICKING SACK iginal Filed Dec. 11. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I n venior zkaraYZJfewar? Attorney Patented Apr. 3, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT; orrics 413,276, December 11,

1929. This application September 1, 1933, Serial No. 687,892

1 Claim.

This invention relates to cotton picking sacks of the type intended to be strapped to the shoulder of the picker and dragged through the cotton field for the purpose of receiving therein the cot- 5 ton as it is picked from the plant.

This case is a re-filing of my forfeited application, Serial No..4=13,276, filed December 11, 1929.

My primary aim is to generally improve upon merchandise of this class by providing a novel sack of the above-mentioned type which is constructed so that it may be turned on either side or reversed in a manner to provide for the longevity of the sack.

In picking cotton by hand, it has been found satisfactory for the person doing the picking to have a long bag hung from the shoulders, with an open mouth top, and the opposite or bottom end closed, said bottom end dragging along the ground as the worker moves through the fields and picks the cotton plants.

The cotton picked by hand, is stufifed in the mouth of the sack and until the same is full and it is then necessary for the cotton picker to take the sack off of the shoulders to take the cotton out into a basket or other receptacle, so that he may again fill the sack.

This character of work produces considerable wear and tear, and the bag deteriorates rather rapidly.

I have learned as a matter of experience, that the average cotton picker will use about four sacks a season. With this in mind, I have provided what I hereinafter designate as a four-in-one sack; that is, a sack having duplicate end constructions either of which may be made the top or the bottom of the sack as desired, and either side of the sack being susceptible of being turned to drag on the ground, so as to provide more independent dragging surfaces.

Briefly stated, I accomplish these features and advantages by the provision of the longitudinally elongated sack composed of duplicate plies of materials stitched together along the longitudinal edges and formed at opposite ends with duplicated extensions, together with appropriate retaining means, and reinforcing means.

In the drawings:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of cotton picking sacks constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing the same ready for use.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view, the section being on the line 3--3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary edge view of one end portion of the sack.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary plan view of one of the extension fiaps.

Figure 6 is a detail cross section on the line 6-6 of Figure 2, and

Figure .7 is a perspective view of one of the details.

In the drawings, the bag is generally designated by the reference character 8, and is of general configuration, being longitudinally elongated and of tubular form. It is composed of heavy textile material or fabric of appropriate texture, there being two plies 9 and 10 having their longitudinal edges inturned as at 11 and stitched together as at 12 as seen in Figure 6. The opposite ends of the sheets of materials 9 and 10 are free and extended to form a quartet of independent flaps. These are designated by distinguishable numerals, in order that they may be identified.

In fact, one end of the sack is denoted at 13 and the other end at 14. At the end 13, the flaps are distinguished by the numerals 15 and 16 respectively. At this end of the sack, I provide a pair of snap fasteners 17. The flaps at the ends 14 are distinguished by the numerals 18 and 19 respectively, and at this end are provided snap fasteners 20.

The longitudinal edges of each flap are turned in as at 21 (see Figure 5) and stitched down as at 22 to form reinforcing means. The extremities of each flap are turned in and hemmed down as at 23 to form open-ended elongated tubular pockets 2%, adapted to selectively receive the retaining wire or rod members 25. This rod member is formed at its opposite ends with eyes .26 adapted to be selectively engaged with snap fastener 1'7 or 20, as the case may be.

Each flap is provided with a pair of independent tabs 27 and each tab carries a loop 28. This arrangement serves to accommodate shoulder straps 29 which are adapted to embrace the shoulders of the wearer and the strap has appropriate adjusting and attaching means for connecting it with the selected pair of loops 28.

With the structure seen in Figure 1, it is observed that either end of the bag may be closed through the medium of the complemental flaps or either end may be made the top of the bag.

When shown as in Figure 1, the flap 19 constitutes I an apron. At this time, the companion flap, I

18 is turned back to facilitate placement of cotton in the bag.

For closing the end of the bag, attention is V invited to Figure 3, wherein it will be observed Chi that the flaps 15 and 16 are doubled over in the same direction, at which time, the flap 15 is turned back to underlie the flap 16. Then the wire 25 is passed through the pockets 24 and. the eyes on the end of the wire, indicated at 26 are engaged with the snap fastener 17. It is obvious that the flaps may be reversed to the dotted line position shown on the-opposite side of the bag, at which time, the bag is turned over to allow the opposite side to drag on the ground.

The gist of the invention is in the provisionrof the elongated open-ended bag of appropriate proportions and material, having the duplicated flaps at the opposite open endsthereof, where the flaps may be doubled over into overlapping relation, or arranged as shown at the upper end of Figure 1, to form an appropriate opening.

These features, together with the snap fasteners, the retaining wires, and the loop-equipped tab for accommodating the shoulder straps constituting a novel contribution to the art which, it is believed, better fulfills the requirementof a sack of this class. 1

A careful consideration of the description in connection with the drawings, will enable the reader to obtain a clear understanding of the construction, the method of use, and the features having an eye at-each end, the rod being adapted to be passed through any one of the casings with its eyes projecting therefrom, a pair of snap hooks on each end of the sack one at each edge thereof, and located adjacent the base of the flaps for engaging the eyes of therod when the pair of flaps, one of which contains the rod, is turned-over, a-pair of tabs on the inner face of each flap one at each end thereof the tabs extending'inwardly from the end of the flap, a wire loop connected to the outer end of each tab and a shoulder strap having hooks at its end for engaging certain pairs of the wire loops.

RICHARD E. STEWART. 

